It will be of little consolation if they don't end up being Premier League champions but Liverpool's 2018/19 squad have already proven themselves to be one of the most consistent English club sides of all-time.
Duncan Alexander , author of Outside the Box: A Statistical Journey through the History of Football and the Opta Joe Football Yearbook, has worked out that based on three points for a win, Liverpool have already matched or beaten 2417 of the 2443 teams to finish an English top-flight season – and that's with another three matches left to play.
The Reds' 88-point haul after 35 games, already puts them in the top 1% of points tallies for English top-flight teams with only 26 sides over 120 seasons having accumulated more points over the course of a single campaign but Manchester City's 2-0 win over neighbours United now means that Jurgen Klopp's side fate is currently not in their own hands.
Only Lionel Messi can halt Liverpool as they still hold most aces for Champions League glory
In the Premier League era, only Manchester United (89 points in 2012 when they lost out to neighbours Manchester City on goal difference) have matched or bettered Liverpool's current total and not been crowned champions - 89 points is also City's current tally.
Other than City's aforementioned class of 2012, the other teams, all of course champions, were: Manchester United 1994* (92 points); Blackburn Rovers 1995* (89 points); Manchester United 2000 (91 points); Chelsea 2004 (90 points); Chelsea 2005 (95 points); Chelsea 2006 (91 points); Manchester United 2007 (89 points); Manchester United 2009 (90 points); Manchester United 2013 (89 points); Chelsea 2017 (93 points); Manchester City 2018 (100 points). * = 42 game season
If Liverpool win all of their remaining fixtures then they could finish on as many as 97 points, a total only bettered in the Premier League by Pep Guardiola's side last season and a points haul enough to be crowned champions in any previous season.
